Site effects modelling applied to the slope affected by the Suusamyr earthquake (Kyrgyzstan, 1992)     

C. Bourdeau  H.-B. Havenith   《Engineering Geology》2008,97(3-4):126-145

In 1992, a large magnitude earthquake (Ms = 7.3) hit the northern part of the Kyrgyz Tien Shan range where it triggered rockslides and many debris slides or flows. One of these mass movements occurred on the Chet–Korumdy ridge located in the Suusamyr Basin. It consists of a multi-rotational debris slump in its upper part that turned into a debris flow in its lower part. Involving arenitic material overlying silty clays, it has a volume of about 0.5 to 1.10⁶ m³, a maximum thickness of 40 m and a run-out of 200 m. The field observations and measurements carried out on this slope suggest that local amplification effects could have contributed to the initiation of the seismic failure. To test this hypothesis in the lack of instrumental evidence of local ground-motion recordings, we conducted a sensitivity study of site effects based on a numerical analysis in the visco-elastic domain with a two-dimensional finite difference code. Varying the topography and the geology of the investigated slope, topographic site effects are found to be less important than geological site effects which are controlled by the contrast of impedance between the surface materials and the bedrock. The geometry of the low-velocity surface layer has also an influence on site effects, which is often difficult to be distinguished from pure topographic effects. Considering all modelling results, we conclude that site amplifications alone cannot have triggered the Suusamyr landslide during the 1992 earthquake. The static slope stability analyses done in previous studies revealed that the Suusamyr failure neither can have a purely static origin. Even if the water table is very high within the arenite layer, only a minor failure develops in the lower part of the slope. Therefore, we believe that the triggering of the Suusamyr landslide is a consequence of pore pressure build up in areas characterized by significant ground-motion amplifications.  相似文献   

Neo-deterministic definition of seismic input for residential seismically isolated buildings   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Elisa Zuccolo  Franco Vaccari  Antonella Peresan  Alberto Dusi  Alessandro Martelli  Giuliano F. Panza   《Engineering Geology》2008,101(3-4):89-95

This paper deals with the neo-deterministic definition of the seismic input in the municipality of Nimis (Italy), aimed at the design of residential seismically isolated buildings. The seismic input is defined by the computation of realistic synthetic seismograms considering different levels of detail for the earthquake source, both for a bedrock model and taking into account the specific site conditions. The horizontal response spectrum, calculated in the centre of the municipality by modelling the most dangerous source, advises against the construction of a building with a fixed base, but it is compatible with the seismic isolation, and it has been, therefore, used for the design of a residential seismically isolated building. The maximum displacement for the isolation system has been estimated about 17 cm, a value much lower than that provided by the code design response spectrum (28 cm). The importance of the realistic modelling, which permits the generalization of empirical observations by means of, physically sound, theoretical considerations, is evident, as it allows for the optimisation of the structural design with respect to the site of interest.  相似文献   

MC-ICP-MS高精度Cu、Zn同位素测试技术   总被引：4，自引：1，他引：3  

侯可军  李延河  田有荣  秦燕  谢桂青 《矿床地质》2008,27(6):774-781

过渡族元素同位素是国际上同位素地球化学研究的热点。测试技术的限制是制约过渡元素同位素研究发展的关键。笔者利用Neptune型多接收等离子质谱(MC-ICP-MS),采用Cu、Zn互为内标的方法对仪器的质量歧视进行了校正,对基质效应和测试方法的重现性进行了检验,建立了高精度的Cu、Zn同位素测试技术。在5个月内对实验室标准IMRCu和IMRZn进行了测量,结果分别为δ65CuNIST976=(0.34±0.08)‰(2SD,n=32),δ66ZnJMCZn=(-9.64±0.05)‰(2SD,n=26),δ67ZnJMCZn=(-14.37±0.16)‰(2SD,n=26),δ68ZnJMCZn=(-19.01±0.08)‰(2SD,n=26),分析精度达到国际同类实验室先进水平。对Cu、Zn同位素参考物质进行了对比测量,分析结果与报道值在误差范围内完全一致。  相似文献   

Environmental effect and genetic influence: a regional cancer predisposition survey in the Zonguldak region of Northwest Turkey     

Selahattin Kadir  A. Piril Önen-Hall  S. Nihal Aydin  Cengiz Yakicier  Nurten Akarsu  Murat Tuncer 《Environmental Geology》2008,54(2):391-409

The Cretaceous-Eocene volcano-sedimentary units of the Zonguldak region of the western Black Sea consist of subalkaline andesite and tuff, and sandstone dominated by smectite, kaolinite, accessory chlorite, illite, mordenite, and analcime associated with feldspar, quartz, opal-CT, amphibole, and calcite. Kaolinization, chloritization, sericitization, albitization, Fe–Ti-oxidation, and the presence of zeolite, epidote, and illite in andesitic rocks and tuffaceous materials developed as a result of the degradation of a glass shards matrix, enclosed feldspar, and clinopyroxene-type phenocrysts, due to alteration processes. The association of feldspar and glass with smectite and kaolinite, and the suborientation of feldspar-edged, subparallel kaolinite plates to fracture axes may exhibit an authigenic smectite or kaolinite. Increased alteration degree upward in which Al, Fe, and Ti are gained, and Si, Na, K, and Ca are depleted, is due to the alteration following possible diagenesis and hydrothermal activities. Micromorphologically, fibrous mordenite in the altered units and the presence of needle-type chrysotile in the residential buildings in which cancer cases lived were detected. In addition, the segregation pattern of cancer susceptibility in the region strongly suggested an environmental effect and a genetic influence on the increased cancer incidence in the region. The most likely diagnosis was Li-Fraumeni syndrome, which is one of the hereditary cancer predisposition syndromes; however, no mutations were observed in the p53 gene, which is the major cause of Li-Fraumeni syndrome. The micromorphology observed in the altered units in which cancer cases were detected may have a role in the expression of an unidentified gene, but does not explain alone the occurrence of cancer as a primary cause in the region.  相似文献   

Failures Associated with the 2004 Mindulle Typhoon in Taiwan   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Jieh-Jiuh Wang  Hoe I. Ling  Andrew Smyth 《Geotechnical and Geological Engineering》2008,26(1):79-90

On July 2, 2004, a 2000-km southwest air current following the Mindulle Typhoon caused serious damages to infrastructures in Taiwan. The disaster resulted in extensive geological and structural failures, mainly as a result of debris flow. Some of the sites were subjected to types of repeated failures compared to previous typhoons. Some structural failures were attributed to geotechnical failures. It is decided to document and identify causes for some of these major failures triggered by typhoons. The case history showed significant implications to future disaster prevention and management works. New challenges were posed in geotechnical engineering design in encountering rainfall-induced failures.  相似文献   

Estimating high resolution trawl fishing effort from satellite-based vessel monitoring system data   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  

Mills  Craig M.; Townsend  Sunny E.; Jennings  Simon; Eastwood  Paul D.; Houghton  Carla A. 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》2007,64(2):248-255

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Towards end-to-end models for investigating the effects of climate and fishing in marine ecosystems   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

M. Travers  Y.-J. Shin  S. Jennings  P. Cury 《Progress in Oceanography》2007,75(4):751-770

End-to-end models that represent ecosystem components from primary producers to top predators, linked through trophic interactions and affected by the abiotic environment, are expected to provide valuable tools for assessing the effects of climate change and fishing on ecosystem dynamics. Here, we review the main process-based approaches used for marine ecosystem modelling, focusing on the extent of the food web modelled, the forcing factors considered, the trophic processes represented, as well as the potential use and further development of the models. We consider models of a subset of the food web, models which represent the first attempts to couple low and high trophic levels, integrated models of the whole ecosystem, and size spectrum models. Comparisons within and among these groups of models highlight the preferential use of functional groups at low trophic levels and species at higher trophic levels and the different ways in which the models account for abiotic processes. The model comparisons also highlight the importance of choosing an appropriate spatial dimension for representing organism dynamics. Many of the reviewed models could be extended by adding components and by ensuring that the full life cycles of species components are represented, but end-to-end models should provide full coverage of ecosystem components, the integration of physical and biological processes at different scales and two-way interactions between ecosystem components. We suggest that this is best achieved by coupling models, but there are very few existing cases where the coupling supports true two-way interaction. The advantages of coupling models are that the extent of discretization and representation can be targeted to the part of the food web being considered, making their development time- and cost-effective. Processes such as predation can be coupled to allow the propagation of forcing factors effects up and down the food web. However, there needs to be a stronger focus on enabling two-way interaction, carefully selecting the key functional groups and species, reconciling different time and space scales and the methods of converting between energy, nutrients and mass.  相似文献   

Sloshing in a three-dimensional rectangular tank: Numerical simulation and experimental validation   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Hakan Akyild&#x;z  N. Erdem Ünal 《Ocean Engineering》2006,33(16):2135-2149

Pressure variations and three-dimensional effects on liquid sloshing loads in a moving partially filled rectangular tank have been carried out numerically and experimentally. A numerical algorithm based on the volume of fluid (VOF) technique is used to study the non-linear behavior and damping characteristics of liquid sloshing. A moving coordinate system is used to include the non-linearity and avoid the complex boundary conditions of moving walls. The numerical model solves the complete Navier–Stokes equations in primitive variables by using of the finite difference approximations. In order to mitigate a series of discrete impacts, the signal computed is averaged over several time steps. In order to assess the accuracy of the method used, computations are compared with the experimental results. Several configurations of both baffled and unbaffled tanks are studied. Comparisons show good agreement for both impact and non- impact type slosh loads in the cases investigated.  相似文献   

Long-term changes in the benthic communities on North Sea fishing grounds   总被引：1，自引：2，他引：1  

Frid  C. L. J; Harwood  K. G.; Hall  S. J.; Hall  J. A. 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》2000,57(5):1303-1309

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Polymetallic Nodule Mining, Waste Disposal, and Species Extinction at the Abyssal Seafloor     

Hjalmar Thiel  Gerd Schriever  Eric J. Foell 《Marine Georesources & Geotechnology》2005,23(3):209-220

The size of individual mining blocks for polymetallic nodule extraction seems to be rather small, not more than 100 km² in the French mining claim. Even when adding an additional resedimentation zone to the directly impacted area, the size of the affected seabed would remain below 200 km². We assume that even rare species in the abyss inhabit larger areas and propose discussions of the International Seabed Authority and other stakeholders for the different subregions on mining strategies from the perspective of exploitation versus species extinction and conservation. Although impacts of waste disposal at the abyssal seafloor are different from those of nodule mining, the 200 km² concept may also be applied.  相似文献